(TendersInfo (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oberthur Technologies, one of the world s largest providers of security and identification solutions and services based on smart card technologies, today announced its appointment by Westpac Group, one of the leading Australian banks, as the exclusive payment cards and services provider for its Australian and Pacific Banking businesses including: Westpac Bank, Westpac Institutional Bank, St.George, BankSA, Bank of Melbourne and Westpac Pacific Bank.

Under the 7-year managed services contract, on behalf of the Westpac Group, Oberthur Technologies will provide manufacturing, secure personalisation and distribution of all banking cards to Australia, Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and the Cook Islands.

We are extremely pleased to be selected and to extend our relationship with Westpac in the region. Combined with our current business, the award firmly establishes Oberthur Technologies as one of the leading providers to the Australian financial services market. Our team is fully focused on completing a successful, seamless transition of services and enthusiastic about this new partnership, said Roswell Wolff, Managing Director Asia at Oberthur Technologies.

Oberthur Technologies, operating in Australia since 2002, delivers payment, SIM, and Identity card products and services to banks, telecom operators and government bodies locally and across the Asia Pacific region. In 2008, Oberthur Technologies opened one of over 30 global, secure card personalisation service centres in Western Sydney; which delivers a diverse range of smartcard personalisation and fulfillment solutions. These include customised and bespoke card issuance services, operating to strict delivery deadlines as well as strong security and compliance policies that govern the banking industry.